High Rise Flashcards
(34 cards)
stairs that are open and unprotected in a multistory building that connect two or more floors for the same occupant space, that allow tenants to move among their floor without using public stairs or elevators are known as what?
access stairs, accommodation stairs, convenience, stairs
A wall that is non-loadbearing located on the outside of a structure that is connected to, and supported by the structural members is known as what?
curtain wall 
The ______ is the void between the ceiling and the underside of the floor above which often houses components of the HVAC system and other electrical systems.
Plenum
in February 1976, the Virginia uniform statewide building code was modified to require a fire control room in a building with occupied floors located more than ____ feet above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access.
75 ft
two basic types of high-rise buildings exist in NOVA, those constructed before _____ and those built after.
February 1976
post 1976 high-rise must have a class _____ standpipe system, with a 2 1/2 inch diameter and one and a half inch reducer.
Class three standpipe system
high-rise stairway, elevator, and other shafts will typically have a _____ hour fire resistance rating.
2
reinforced drywall may in case a layer of _____ or a solid sheet of ______.
wire mesh, lexan polycarbonate
buildings built prior to 1980 may contain spray on _______ fiber
Asbestos
Low mass concrete is _____ to ____ % lighter than traditional concrete
10 to 88%
most wind driven fires occur in the upper stories of high rises, but I’ve also been documented in levels as low as the _____ floor
Third
hazardous conditions caused by winds can exist with wind speeds as low as _____ to _____
10 to 20 mph
contents of high-rise buildings can contribute to fire doubling in size every _____ seconds
90
personnel should position at the _______ or at the structures corners to try to avoid falling debris
Flank
The operational plan for high-rise fires must consist of what five basic actions
Determine the fire floor
Verify the fire floor
Control occupants
Control building systems
Confine and extinguish the fire
in residential occupancies search priority is as follows:
The fire unit
Exit hallways
Units next to the fire unit
All other units on the fire floor
in non-residential occupancies search priorities are as follows:
The immediate fire area and floor
The floor above the fire area
The top floor
The floor is between the floor above the fire and the top floor
The second alarm units reporting to staging should bring what?
Two spare air cylinders
What are the three basic tactics for ventilating a high-rise?
Horizontally through windows
Vertically through the stairwells
Through the buildings HVAC system
stairwell support requires a firefighter positioned every _____ floors to effectively shuttle equipment
2
The ________ manager all civilian patients while the ______ cares for and treats fire department personnel
EMS branch
Medical unit
_________ construction, also known as pedestal or platform construction, utilizes multiple stories of light framing over a single or multi story, concrete or steel podium
Podium
______ balconies project out over the loadbearing wall and are open on three sides
Cantilevered balconies
_______ balconies are supported on three sides by bearing walls in our open on one side
Recessed
